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The Upstarts Podcast

The Upstarts Podcast

Alex Konrad
Veröffentlicht: 2026-04-16
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11 Folgen
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11 Folgen
Audio
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Veröffentlicht: 2026-04-16
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Cohere's Aidan Gomez: The Canadian Founder Taking AI Models To The World, Not Just Big Tech

Cohere's Aidan Gomez: The Canadian Founder Taking AI Models To The World, Not Just Big Tech

A self-described "shy nerd" from rural Ontario, Aidan Gomez doesn't like to scream his startup’s name from the rooftops. But the co-author of the landmark ‘Attention Is All You Need’ paper is quietly building one of AI's most important infrastruc
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A self-described "shy nerd" from rural Ontario, Aidan Gomez doesn't like to scream his startup’s name from the rooftops.
But the co-author of the landmark ‘Attention Is All You Need’ paper is quietly building one of AI's most important infrastructure companies — one focused on bringing its benefits to the wider world outside Silicon Valley.
Toronto-based Cohere works with major enterprises and G7 governments, providing secure models for them to build everything from email-summary apps to onboard ship telemetry on top. Revenue grew 6x last year, past a reported $240 million; with $1.7 billion in total funding, an IPO is in its sights.
On the Upstarts Podcast, Gomez talks about his journey to co-developing the Transformer architecture that underpins modern AI; why he sees AI as the best shot at restoring global growth and democratic resilience; and why it’s so important that more nations than the world’s biggest benefit.
Plus, he shares his Upstart Moment: building on ‘hard mode’ by not taking money from Amazon, Google or Microsoft early on.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Cohere’s ‘takeoff phase’
05:09 Where vibe coding falls short
08:05 Smalltown Canada to AI epicenter
14:27 Co-authoring the Transformer paper
18:52 Starting up Cohere
25:22 Why AI sovereignty matters
30:25 Aidan’s Upstart Moment
32:56 Playing on ‘hard mode’
36:55 Ethical questions of AI
39:44 Why Cohere should IPO
For more, visit https://www.upstartsmedia.com/
Season 1 of the Upstarts Podcast is presented by Mercury
Produced & edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod
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Erscheinungs­datum: 16.4.2026, 13:00:00

Beschreibung

On The Upstarts Podcast, you’ll hear from some of the most exciting Upstarts today: emerging technology leaders punching above their weight to achieve real impact. 
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad profiled leaders from Marc Benioff to Melanie Perkins in a decade-plus at Forbes. Now as the founder and editor of Upstarts Media, he’s sitting down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more. 
You’ll leave each interview with a new understanding of a world-changing technology that’s transforming how we live and work – as well as strategies and tactics any builder can put to use. 

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